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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    Urgent care clinics ease emergency department demand, but wait times unchanged
     24 February 2026
    An independent review finds Labor's urgent care clinics face workforce shortages and problems with after-hours services, with no evidence hospital waiting times have improved.
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    A baby that died during a nurse's hour-long break in the middle of the night, should have been checked
    23 Feb: A baby that died during a nurse's hour-long break in the middle of the night, should have been checked... more
    Denmark and Greenland reject Trump's offer to send naval hospital ship
    23 Feb: Denmark and its territory Greenland reject Donald Trump's offer to send a naval hospital ship to the Arctic island coveted by the US leader.... more
    Concerns the window for accessing the shingles vaccine is too narrow
    23 Feb: Concerns the window for accessing the shingles vaccine is too narrow... more
    Zebrafish might be crucial to creating treatments for lymphoedema
    22 Feb: Zebrafish might be crucial to creating treatments for lymphoedema ... more
    Failure to prevent people living with intellectual disabilities from falling between the cracks
    22 Feb: Failure to prevent people living with intellectual disabilities from falling between the cracks... more
    Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu
    22 Feb: Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu... more
    The country's first research-informed cyberbullying programme is now available
    21 Feb: The country's first research-informed cyberbullying programme is now available... more
    Alarm bells over proposed regulation of newly-allowed physician assistants
    20 Feb: Alarm bells over proposed regulation of newly-allowed physician assistants... more
    Bay of Plenty's being flagged as a potential hot spot for cocaine use, with the drug more than twice as likely to show up in work place testing
    19 Feb: Bay of Plenty's being flagged as a potential hot spot for cocaine use, with the drug more than twice as likely to show up in work place testing... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     10 Feb: A coroner has ruled that Highlanders and Maori All Blacks player Connor Garden-Bachop died of natural causes +++++++++++++++++++
     14 Feb: Two sailors have been hospitalised after a nasty crash between the Black Foils and France, forcing the cancellation of racing for the day at the Auckland Sail GP event +++++++++++++++++++
     10 Feb: People are being urged to buy local tinned fruit, as imports from overseas flood the market ++++++++++++
     15 Feb: The first Auckland housing - designed for spinal injury recovery - is now officially open +++++++++++
     09 Feb: A Maori man says a bone tissue transplant without his consent during wrist surgery - went against his cultural and religious beliefs +++++++++++
     10 Feb: Hopes a new dialysis unit in Southland improves access to life saving treatment ++++++++++
     26 Jan: Jules Radich is being remembered for his fight for Dunedin's new hospital ++++++++++


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